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So I found a thread talking about FIMfiction, and they happen to have a list of stories they recommend as a place to start,

I can personally say The Best Night Ever, Hard Reset, Mendacity, and Arrow 18 are all great fics, so the list is promising to me. Consider checking a story you haven't read, especially if it's in a genre you favor.

Comments

[Emtu]

There's a few on there I read.

[The Wind King]

Oh yeah, Mendacity is great.

I don't think I could ever read it a second time, or at least get the same sense of mystery and wonder out of a second reading, but that first reading is amazing.

[2Merr]

Oooh, imma steal this.

What do the numbers mean?

[Pickleless]

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You know, I actually didn't notice those numbers until you pointed it out, one sec.
*5 minutes later*
I haven't a clue~!

[badninja]

The story Clean Slate is great, probably the best Diamond Tiara story on this site! Personally I think they are missing many good stories and I sometimes checkout the favorited stories of authors I am reading or commenters who I am responding with to see what they enjoy. Heck I invite everyone who is reading this blog to look over my list my favorite list as it is public.

[AppleTank]

yup, Outside the Reaching Sky still got it.

[tehspeleengpolise]

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Keep in mind that this was made around 2014 or so.

It was also compiled based on votes from people in that thread, so it's the opinion of maybe 20-30 people or so. One person can only have read so many fics, and the ones that won will have been those that were read - and consequently voted on - by at least a few people, so there's likely to be many fics that simply happened to not get read by those making the list.

[D48]

Yeah, I wouldn't put much stock in that list. There are a number of great stories that really should be on there, and I know for certain that Through the Well of Pirene doesn't deserve to be on there (I read it last year, it started strong, but it went down to toilet later on and I dumped it after reading more than 200k words).